Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan exits the field with defensive line coach Bill Johnson after New Orleans destroyed the Cowboys 49-17.

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The New Orleans Saints remain everything the Dallas Cowboys would like to be and have not been in close to two decades.

Perhaps never has that been more true than Sunday night when the Saints, with their quarterback from Texas and head coach and defensive coordinator formerly of the Cowboys, enjoyed their largest margin of victory ever over their border rival, 49-17, in front of 73,018 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

"They deserve anything you can say about a team thoroughly, physically beating your team," Dallas owner Jerry Jones said after the game. "And the Saints did that to the Cowboys ...